Creality Creality CR-10 E3D Upgrade
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Upgrade your Creality CR-10 with an E3D hot end.
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Now you can upgrade your Creality CR-10 with a genuine E3D all metal hot end. The E3D provides more reliable extrusion and allows you to print higher temperature materials.
This mount was designed to be sturdy and simple. It provides easy access to the hot end for maintenance and repairs, and plenty of visibility so you can see what is going on while printing. It hold the nozzle at the same height as the original hot end, so your bed leveling should not need to be adjusted much.
There are two versions. One includes a holder for the stock layer cooling fan if you wish to continue using it. The other does not include a fan holder if you wish to use a seperate layer cooling solution.
You will need some other hardware in addition to the printed parts. Some of the screws from your original hot end can be reused. The rest can be purchased from McMaster-Carr.
Additional Parts
- 2 x M2x12 Screws
- 3 x M3x6 Screws
- 2 x M3x14 Screws
- 1 x M2 Nut
- 2 x M2 Heat Set Threaded Inserts
- 2 x M3 Heat Set Threaded Inserts
Questions
Do you think you will have STL files in the future for the Ender 3?
Hi, quick remark: The files hosted currently are unusable I'm afraid. The two holes intended for M3x6 screws have their cavity on the wrong side and the hole in hwich one should insert the threads, the holes are way too large, standard M3 threaded inserts (in accordance to those linked by you - outer diameter 5.2mm just fit in without being heated. Also the proviced pictures differ from the downloads. Hope we can get a fix for this
Will I have to re-home my hotend after this upgrade?
What material do you recommend for this bracket?
My print head is down can I buy a v6 mount from matter hackers?
While this mount is overall a nice design, it has a glaring design flaw: There is no clearance hole for the screws to extend behind the M3 heat-set inserts. This means that if your screws are long enough to extend behind the insert (as mine were, and as they should be for security) the screw will jack the brass insert out of its hole. This could be fixed by adding a 3.2 mm hole extending further into the part behind the hole for the insert.
Thank yo for these files they have rejuvinated my ender 3 (which has a trash hotend !) now prints much better..i prefer the bigger size of the v6e3d
I really like this design. But the use of the heat inserts is a bit of a pain if you don't have any lying around or live where you can go pick some up. $23 plus shipping is the minimum you can get this for from McMaster Car. It isn't expensive... just expensive for what this is if you don't have a burning need for the other inserts. I pulled down a step file from OnShape and modified the base in Fusion to use an embedded M3 Hex nut ala how a lot of the prusa printed bits work. I don't have any nuts for M2 so going to try just screwing in the bolts on the part fan (narrowed the mounting holes). Maybe use some super glue in the holes as a thread locker of sorts. If it works do you mind if I post them up, or send them to you to post here as alternatives? I can make a version with insert M2 nuts as well easily enough, looks to be room for them.
The installation instructions talk about using an M2 heat set insert, but the link you provide to McMaster-Carr takes us to an M3 heat set insert. Is that correct?
Will this mount work for a Ender3
I downloaded a file for the mount but it came as an AMF file. Can you give a newbie a clue on how to handle this file type?
Hi can I use an ezabl sensor after flashing this firmware? Because that sensor also requires flashing a firmware.
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Are there any files for mounting a BLTouch along with the E3D hotend?
Hi @Brad Wilson!
I am not able to find any official mounts but, you would probably be able to locate something for your needs on Thingiverse!
I would like the cad file for the mount if that is at all possible. I would like to add a bltouch mount to it myself.